Bellator 81 takes place Nov. 16 at the Ryan Center in Kingston, R.I. As usual, that event’s main card airs on MTV2 following prelims on Spike.com.

The opening round of the 155-pound tournament took place Friday in Reading, Pa. The fighters are looking for $100,000 in total pay and a guaranteed title shot by winning the eight-man tournament.

Clementi won for the third straight time and improved to 2-1 under the Bellator banner with a Friday split decision win over Alexander Sarnavskiy (20-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC). The loss was the first of Sarnavskiy’s career and came in the highly touted Russian’s Bellator debut.

Held survived a bit of a rough second round to outpoint Murad Machaev (9-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) for a unanimous decision on Friday, his third straight victory. Machaev, who was making his U.S. debut, lost for the first time as a pro.

Tirloni got into a brawl with Rene Nazare (10-3 MMA, 3-3 BFC), but then submitted the New Yorker with a D’Arce choke in the second round. Nazare dropped his third straight fight.